Ole-Johan Dahl

Norwegian computer scientist (1931–2002)

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Born: 1931
Works: 6

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Key facts

Born: ( 1931-10-12 ) 12 October 1931, Mandal, Norway
Died: 29 June 2002 (2002-06-29) (aged 70), Asker , Norway
Education: University of Oslo ( BS , MS )
Known for: Simula , Object-oriented programming
Awards: Turing Award (2001), IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2002)
Fields: Computer science
Institutions: Norwegian Computing Center , University of Oslo

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Instance of: human
Given name: Johan
Family name: Dahl
Gender: male
Citizenship: Norway
Place of birth: Mandal
Place of death: Asker
Occupation: university teacher
Educated at: University of Oslo
Employer: University of Oslo
Languages spoken: English language
Notable work: Simula
Field of work: computer science

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date of birth: 1931-10-12
date of death: 2002-06-29
member of: Academia Europaea
Erdős number: 5
name in native language: Ole-Johan Dahl
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Encyclopedic overview

Ole-Johan Dahl (12 October 1931 – 29 June 2002) was a Norwegian computer scientist. Dahl was a professor of computer science at the University of Oslo and is considered to be one of the fathers of Simula and object-oriented programming along with Kristen Nygaard. In 2001, Dahl and Nygaard won the ACM Turing Award.

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